Characteristics of HIV seroprevalence of visitors to public health centers under the national HIV surveillance system in Korea: Cross sectional study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Kee, Mee Kyung ^a   Lee, Jin Hee ^a   Chu, Chaeshin ^b   Lee, Eun Ju ^a   Kim, Sung Soon ^a  

^a Korea National Institute of Health   (South Korea)

^b Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INFECTION RISK; KOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANDATORY TESTING; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH SURVEY; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; RISK FACTOR; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPREVALENCE; HUMANS; KOREA; MALE; MANDATORY TESTING; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH INFORMATICS; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67651165412     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-123     Document Type: Article

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